The Mittenwald Railway, also popularly known as Karwendelbahn is a railway line in the Alps in Austria and Germany. It connects Innsbruck via Seefeld (both in Tyrol, Austria) and Mittenwald to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (both in Bavaria, Germany).

The Mittenwald railway was electric as local train in the years 1910 to 1912 by the engineers and contractors Josef Riehl and Wilhelm Carl von Doderer. The route was launched on 28 Opened in October 1912 [1] and operated jointly by the State Railways of Austria and Bavaria. She was one of the first high-tension single-phase AC-powered cars. Thus they had a huge impact on the standards of the electric railway operation in Central Europe. Together with the Außerfernbahn it binds to the Außerfern (located across the Fern Pass) in the Tyrol.The Mittenwald railway runs mainly in south-north direction between several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps through. In the south it runs out of the Inn Valley at Innsbruck and others about Hochzirl Zirler past the mountain to Seefeld, which lies between Mieminger Mountains in the west and the east Karwendelgebirge.

From there it runs between the east and Karwendelgebirge Wettersteingebirge in the west over the Scharnitzpass and the Austria-Germany border at Mittenwald; Scharnitzpass when she leads a short distance along the upper reaches of the river Isar. Then it bends to the west, where it passes between weather stone mountains in the south and the north Estergebirge to Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

The remarkable thing about the route of the railway tunnel is the long haul back to the rich slope Martin Wall and the loop with many viaducts through the castle moat creek above Zirl.

Engine Type: ElectricGauge of Railway: Standard GageApproximate Adult Fare: 5.00 (listed in local currency)Approximate Child Fare: 3.00 (listed in local currency)Type: Spur (out and back)Length of Route: 22Dates of Operation: From: 1/1/2011 To: 12/31/2011Key Attractions: definitely a great railway line to visit, there are so many things to seeDoes this Scenic Railroad Provide: Brunch, Lunch or Dinner Trains?: noRailroad Website: [Web Link]Frequency of departures: Not listed

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Provide a picture of something with the train. Possible photos include the entertainment on board the train, the train itself at any location along the route, a picture of the scenery with part of the train in view, the kids borrowing the engineer’s hat. Show us you had a good time visiting the train. If the train isn't running when you visit get a photo of one of the many railway related items that can be found in locations like this.